Did Craig Bierko make the right decision turning down the role of Chandler on Friends?

At the time Craig wanted a starring role on a sitcom. And not a part of an ensemble.

While Matthew Perry went on to fame, post-Friends has been difficult for him to continue to find good roles.

While Craig continues to mix film, TV and theater, he has more work than he can handle.

So did Craig make the right decision?

by Anonymous

reply 32

09/06/2013

Depends on how much money Perry stuffed up his nose as a result of having too much money.

by Anonymous

reply 1

09/03/2013

Craig has more work than he could handle? Where did you read that? He's about to replace a Brit in a supporting role in Matilda. Hmmm.

by Anonymous

reply 2

09/03/2013

"Friends" never would have lasted with Bierko as Chandler.

by Anonymous

reply 3

09/03/2013

Of course not - household name, with 10's of millions of $$$, vs. respected, but generally unknown ( except in the biz) actor, still struggling to grab secondary parts, in film, or TV. Hmm. Tough one .......NOT !

by Anonymous

reply 4

09/03/2013

Who respects Craig Bierko, though? By all accounts, he's an addled cunt.

by Anonymous

reply 5

09/03/2013

Whatever you think of Perry, Craig Bierko would have been a disaster on FRIENDS. He's a rather humorless actor, and he reads as close to menacing onscreen.

by Anonymous

reply 6

09/03/2013

He made the right decision being so hot.

by Anonymous

reply 7

09/03/2013

"While Matthew Perry went on to fame, post-Friends has been difficult for him to continue to find good roles."

Don't you think his drug addiction (which pretty much destroyed his looks) might perhaps have had a LITTLE something to do with why he didn't "continue to find good roles?

by Anonymous

reply 8

09/03/2013

"Bring my little bitch in here!"

by Anonymous

reply 9

09/03/2013

[quote] Don't you think his drug addiction (which pretty much destroyed his looks) might perhaps have had a LITTLE something to do with why he didn't "continue to find good roles?

He has been clean and sober for a number of years.

He has also turned his former Malibu beach home into a men's sober living facility called Perry House, and he's becoming a passionate advocate for drug courts, through which non-violent substance abusers receive treatment instead of incarceration for their offenses.

by Anonymous

reply 10

09/03/2013

Craig and Matthew both co-starred in the sitcom 'Sydney' along with Daniel Baldwin.

by Anonymous

reply 11

09/03/2013

Oooooh I want to live in Perry House! Is it hard to fake drug addiction?

by Anonymous

reply 12

09/03/2013

Matthew Perry step-father is NBC Dateline journalist Keith Morrison.

by Anonymous

reply 13

09/03/2013

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by Anonymous

reply 14

09/03/2013

I'm honestly glad that he's cleaned up his act, R10. But when an actor has a major drug problem at the very height of his fame, to the point where he has to take some time off from his hit sitcom and then, when he returns, he looks like a bloated mess, I kind of think that would have a lasting effect on his career.

by Anonymous

reply 15

09/03/2013

I don't think Perry's persona non grata. He's had two series since. The project's just weren't up to snuff.

by Anonymous

reply 16

09/03/2013

Hello Retards. Back to Craig Bierko please. Thank you.

by Anonymous

reply 17

09/03/2013

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by Anonymous

reply 18

09/03/2013

You'd have to ask him.

Next!

by Anonymous

reply 19

09/03/2013

On what planet did Craig Bierko have the opportunity to turn down anything then? If he auditioned, he didn't get it. He's still barely known now let alone twenty five years ago.

by Anonymous

reply 20

09/03/2013

The character of Chandler is supposed to be a loser with women and kind of neurotic. No one would believe a stud like Craig Bierko would continually strike out with women.

by Anonymous

reply 21

09/03/2013

While Matthew Perry may be drug free now, just like R8, people remember what a mess he was. That stays in their memory longer than a notice that he cleaned up his act.

by Anonymous

reply 22

09/03/2013

"The character of Chandler is supposed to be a loser with women and kind of neurotic. No one would believe a stud like Craig Bierko would continually strike out with women."

And, when he started in the role, Matthew Perry was so adorable, charming, and good looking that some of us had a hard time believing that about him, either. But, you know, willing suspension of disbelief. And he was so funny that the mind-stretch didn't really bother me.

He's been in three sitcoms TV shows over that last five years that not only made it past pilot season but have been on the air a full year. And he was the STAR. How many people keep getting chances like that? It's rough for TV sitcom right now.

I have no doubt Hollywood will continue to offer Matthew Perry TV work just as long as he's willing to take it.

by Anonymous

reply 25

09/03/2013

R24 He probably read this thread and ended up drowning his sorrows in a bottle of vodka and regret.

by Anonymous

reply 26

09/03/2013

He was GREAT in the Three Stooges movie last year!

Definitely a better role than playing Chandler

by Anonymous

reply 27

09/03/2013

[quote] He's been in three sitcoms TV shows over that last five years that not only made it past pilot season but have been on the air a full year. And he was the STAR. How many people keep getting chances like that? It's rough for TV sitcom right now.

All three shows were miserable failures. That's like saying how many people had the chance to rearrange chairs on the Titanic.

by Anonymous

reply 28

09/03/2013

Matthew Perry became a household name, if not a star, from FRIENDS. And he never has to work again, even if 2/3 of his Friends money was spent on pharmaceuticals.

Craig Bierko continues to toil in semi-obscurity. And have you seen him lately? The photo linked below is 2 years old. While he may have been semi-hot back in the day, he's gotten fat and flabby - so much so that his face has turned into a blob.

by Anonymous

reply 29

09/03/2013

"Friends" + Craig Bierko = show that didn't last a season.

There are very few actors I find as repellent. He should have become a lawyer. Or a Republican politician. Or a Catholic priest.

by Anonymous

reply 30

09/04/2013

Check out the very funny youtube sketch BATHING WITH BIERKO where he sits in a tub washing John Malkovich. They never acknowledge the bathing part and do a normal interview.

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